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Do your construction insurance contract provisions actually have you “covered”?
Construction projects are notoriously risky endeavors, and to cover these risks, the parties usually employ the following types of insurance coverage: builder’s risk, commercial general liability, umbrella, contractor’s pollution, auto, and workers’ compensation/employer’s liability. Each insurance type has gaps, but often there are ways of modifying the policies to fill in some of these gaps […]
Arbitration – It’s time to give it a second thought
The construction industry has used arbitration as the primary method for resolving disputes for many years. Builders routinely include a well-worn arbitration provision in their contracts. When disputes occur, however, builders are often surprised at certain limitations of the arbitration process. Therefore, it is worth giving that old arbitration clause a second thought and seeing […]
It’s Pay Day! (or Is It?): Dealing with “pay-if-paid” Clauses in Construction Contracts
A new construction project springs financial hope for all parties involved. Unfortunately, if the owner fails to pay the general contractor as expected, that hope is quickly replaced by financial anxiety. In these situations, the general contractor is faced with the dilemma of “financing” the project by paying out-of-pocket, or incurring project-damaging problems with labor […]